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Walibi Belgium: General Discussion

DiogoJ42 said:
The same RCDB that refused to admit The Smiler existed until it opened?
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And also the same RCDB that added Octanauts almost immediately :p

I did a quick search on Twitter as well, Loopings said it'll open on the 4th of June.
 
Looopings have some new photos, including of one of the boats which has now arrived:

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Not convinced on the overall look of the boat, but the seats look lovely and comfy!

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What on earth actually IS this ride, it's so odd! Anyway... It's testing, it's certainly nippy once it gets going, but I can't help but feel myself asking, WHY?



I really am intrigued to know how they're doing the whole splash/no splash thing!


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It seems so dull, the most exciting part will be turn table in the station. Also what is it with Walibi Belgium and having shuttle rides? Do they have a fettish for reverse rides???
 
adam_sparks1 said:
Throughput is going to be awful...

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It does have a turntable duel loading system, so one boat will be posting whilst the other is busy 'Power Splashing' ;)

Looking at the video the cycle appears to be 35-45 seconds, so even imagining that a full cycle may well do the splash twice, that's about 2 minutes. So with that you'd possibly be looking at 600pph, which for an attraction of this type is expected. There's no denying it isn't a star attraction, it's a filler. For example, the theoretical throughput of a Vekoma Boomerang is 770pph.

Anyway, in terms of the ride as random as it looks I can partly see the appeal for parks, it fills almost 3 gaps in a small parks market, coaster, large scale water ride & a launch. It's ideal for a family market, who knows that reverse spike could even offer some nice floater airtime!


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I don't think you're going to splash twice, I think it's just a one time thing.

Saw on CF that the trough takes 50 seconds to empty and 6 seconds to fill with water, so they're cutting it fine time wise!
 
Dar said:
I don't think you're going to splash twice, I think it's just a one time thing.

Saw on CF that the trough takes 50 seconds to empty and 6 seconds to fill with water, so they're cutting it fine time wise!
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Yeah, that things only splashing once then. It's cool, but it really is such an excessive OTT system!

Possibly looking at closer to the 800pph mark for throughput then.


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On the plus side they can alter the water level depending on the weather
 
It is weird, but then this whole thing is weird!

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Also, the running wheels on this are massive. Like, bigger than any ride I can think of:
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On CF they're listed as 35 inches across with a weight of 200Kg
 
Wow that wheel looks awesome!

In terms of the ride, it may well be fun but I just can't gain any really interest or excitement for it. It's just, well, weird!

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